Gesa Power House Theatre

Little Watts: "Beau & Aero"
2015-09-24 18:30 - 19:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Gesa Power House Theatre, 111 North 6th Avenue, Walla Walla, WA, 99362, United States
The Adventist Health Little Watts Children’s Series of Family Entertainment presents “Beau & Aero” on Thursday, September 24 at 6:30 p.m. at the Gesa Power House Theatre.
A Little Bit Off’s most recent work is “Beau & Aero”, the critically-acclaimed, five time award-winning story about two bumbling, incompetent aviators. Pilot Beau and his sidekick Aero explore flight, folly, and the world around them in this family friendly physical comedy production.

These acrobatic clowns live in a world where balloons are bountiful, laughs are abundant, and not a word is spoken. The show combines elements of clown, mime, acrobatics, dance, puppetry, and object theater to create a playground of the imagination. Neither balloons nor parachutes will get this unlikely duo off the ground, but their antics are sure to make your spirits soar.

Outstanding Physical Theater Award – San Diego International Fringe 2014
Veterans for Virgins Award – Hollywood Fringe 2014
Lumpy-Cramp Freshman Fringe Award – Hollywood Fringe 2014
Bitter Lemon’s award for Family Faire – Hollywood Fringe 2014
Producer’s Choice “Encore” Award – Hollywood Fringe 2014

A Little Bit Off draws inspiration from the old american vaudevillians, and work of French artist James Thierree, A Little Bit Off shows have carefully selected themes, hilarious characters, intricate relationships, mind-boggling tricks, and a very quirky, off beat flavor.
Reserved seating tickets($9 Adult, $6 Youth) are available online, by calling the box office, or at the door.
Additional sponsorship by Ketelsen Construction.

The Baudboys - Geek A Cappella
2015-09-15 19:30 - 21:00
A “baud” is…a unit used to measure modem speed. “The Baudboys”…are an 8-part a cappella group of Microsoft employees who will be performing at the Gesa Power House Theatre on Saturday, September 19 at 7:30 p.m. Two a cappella groups from Whitman College will open the concert.
The Baudboys were born out of Microsoft’s culture like Athena sprung from Zeus’ head or Spock was born to Sarek and Amanda Grayson. Back around 1990, a couple of the founding members of a choral group at Microsoft called the Microtones decided that they wanted to form a men’s a cappella group. Originally conceived as a barbershop quartet performing for local audiences, the group grew over time until they had enough members for two quartets. With a rotating membership of 7-9 Microsoft employees, The Baudboys now sing much more complicated harmonies, and have competed or performed at the Northwest Regional Harmony Sweepstakes for a record nine years running, claiming the top spot in 2008 and again in 2011. The also hold the record for the most (five) Top 3 finishes. The Baudboys have also opened for Take 6 and Manhattan Transfer.
The current lineup of The Baudboys includes: Mike Thomsen, Jonathan Schwartz, Graham Sheldon, Martin Puryear, Owen Braun, Elliot Lewis, Mark Adolph and Paul Eng.

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The High Voltage Series presented by Pacific Power features acclaimed nationally-touring acts.
Reserved Seating Tickets ($28-$23) are available online or by calling the Box Office at 509-529-6500.

Late Nite Catechism
2015-09-12 19:30 - 21:00
Let “Sister” take you back to your childhood (or the childhood you only heard about), as she teaches an adult catechism class to a roomful of students (i.e. the audience).
Get the answer correct, and Sister is quick to hand out rewards of glow-in-the-dark rosaries and laminated saint cards. Get the answer wrong, and let’s just say, her reaction might strike a chord with anyone who survived their early school years under an omniscient authoritarian.
“Late Nite Catechism” made its 1993 debut in Chicago, and has been unstoppable ever since. Don’t miss this uproarious comedy, the longest-running one woman show in Off-Broadway history, with more that $100 million in box office receipts, performances in 410 cities around the world, and more that 3.5 million people in attendance.
Reserved Seating tickets ($30-$25) are available online or by calling the box office at 509-529-6500. Proceeds from this event benefit Catholic Charities Walla Walla and is sponsored by Catholic Charities Spokane.
Showtime is 7:30 p.m. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

Film: "Paper Tigers"
2015-09-04 17:00 - 22:00
KPJR Films presents free screenings of “Paper Tigers” – an intimate look into the lives of selected students at Lincoln High School, an alternative school that specializes in educating traumatized youth. Set amidst the struggling rural community of Walla Walla, WA, the film intimately examines the inspiring promise of Trauma Informed Communities – a movement that is showing great promise in healing youth struggling with the dark legacy of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES).
Director Jamie Redford will be attending the event and will participate in a Q&A after the screenings!
There will be two showings on Friday, September 4, at 5:00 p.m. and 8:15 p.m. Free tickets are sold out for both show times, however, some additional seats may be released at the door.

TRAILER: Paper Tigers from KPJR FILMS LLC on Vimeo.
“Paper Tigers” follows a year in the life of an alternative high school that has radically changed its approach to disciplining its students, becoming a promising model for how to break the cycles of poverty, violence and disease that affect families.
“Stressed brains can’t learn.”
That was the nugget of neuroscience that Jim Sporleder, principal of a high school riddled with violence, drugs and truancy, took away from an educational conference in 2010. Three years later, the number of fights at Lincoln Alternative High School had gone down by 75% and the graduation rate had increased five–fold.
“Paper Tigers” is the story of how one school made such dramatic progress. Following six students over the course of a school year, we see Lincoln’s staff try a new approach to discipline: one based on understanding and treatment rather than judgment and suspension. Using a combination of verite and revealing diary cam footage, “Paper Tigers” is a testament to what the latest developmental science is showing: that just one caring adult can help break the cycle of adversity in a young person’s life.
